In showing a woman in training and preparing for a fight, Kusama defamiliarises boxing as a subject, and makes us see afresh its drama of brutality and vulnerability.

Karyn Kusama’s film is a prescient and compelling consideration of gender identity and sports.

Its richness comes from clear, straightforward storytelling and from a production that looks, feels and sounds amazingly natural.

There’s a certain vulnerability and raw emotion to Girlfight that aren’t masked with boxing, but rather enhanced.